Tapasya (1976 film)

Tapasya
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Directed by	Anil Ganguly
Produced by	Tarachand Barjatya Rajshree Productions
Written by	M. G. Hashmat (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Anil Ganguly
Story by	Ashapurna Devi
Starring	Parikshat Sahni Raakhee Asrani A. K. Hangal Nazir Hussain
Music by	Ravindra Jain
Cinematography	Dilip Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
Edited by	Mukhtar Ahmed
Distributed by	Rajshri Pictures
Release date	1976 (1976)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Tapasya (Hindi: तपस्या, English: Penance) is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film produced by Tarachand Barjatya for Rajshree Productions. The film is directed by Anil Ganguly, based on story by veteran Bengali novelist Ashapurna Devi. The film stars Raakhee, Parikshat Sahni, Lalita Pawar, Nazir Hussain, A. K. Hangal, and Asrani. The film's music is by Ravindra Jain. It won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment for the year. It was remade in Telugu as Sandhya in 1980 starring Sujatha in the title role.

Cast

• Shubhari Devi as Shubham Kaushik
• Raakhee as Indrani Sinha
• Parikshit Sahni as Dr. Sagar Varma
• Asrani as Vinod Sinha
• A. K. Hangal as Chandranath Sinha
• Gayatri as Chanda Sinha
• Nazir Hussain as Professor Sinha
• Manju Bhatia as Pinky
• Om Shivpuri as Pinky's father
• Sunder as Chacha
• Lalita Kumari as Chachi
• Birbal as Chacha's son
• Viju Khote as Gopi
• Lalita Pawar as Mrs. Varma
• Manju Asrani
• Urmila Bhatt
• C. S. Dubey

Music

All lyrics are written by M. G. Hashmat; all music is composed by Ravindra Jain.

Songs

No.	Title	Playback	Length
1.	"Bachcho Tum Ho Khel Khilone"	Aarti Mukherjee	3:58
2.	"Bhabhi Ki Unglee Mein"	Hemlata, Chandrani Mukherjee	5:01
3.	"Do Panchhi Do Tinke"	Kishore Kumar, Aarti Mukherjee	3:44
4.	"Jo Raah Chuni Tune"	Kishore Kumar	6:13

Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1975	Anil Ganguly	National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment	Won
1977	Raakhee	Filmfare Best Actress Award	Won

External links

• Tapasya on IMDb